# Jay Butani — jaybutani.com

> Jay Butani is a product builder and iOS indie developer from Surat, India. He builds and sells his own apps and takes on a few founders a year for product, brand and growth — one person accountable for the whole outcome. Founder of Harimurti Technologies (2025).

## Facts
- Location: Surat, Gujarat, India. Works with founders in the US, Canada, UK and Europe.
- Email: hey@jaybutani.com. Instagram @buildjayy. X @buildjayy. LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/butanijay. GitHub github.com/buildjayy. Product Hunt producthunt.com/@buildjayy.
- App Store revenue: over $100,000 (USD), the first of it earned at age 20.
- Guinness World Records (23 July 2022, certificate of participation): led technical documentation and live broadcast of the longest marathon chanting, 27h 27m 27s, Kundaldham, Vadodara.
- Since 2017: Technical & Video Production Head, Swaminarayan Temple Kundaldham & Karelibaug, Vadodara.
- Education: Computer Engineering, Gujarat Technological University (2019–2022).
- Previously iOS developer at Yaapt (Bengaluru, 2022–2024) and Par Solution (2021–2022).

## Own products
- ShotPop — iPhone/iPad screenshot beautifier, launched September 2026. App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/shotpop-screenshot-beauty/id6769722033 · https://shotpop.app
- Celeste — AI horoscope from your birth chart. Android only. 5,000+ installs. Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.celeste.admoblordgroup
- The Prints Plus — 17-year family print house, rebuilt online. https://theprintsplus.com (10,000+ walls printed)
- Knife Throw Royale — arcade game. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/knife-throw-royale-hit-game/id1495542422
- Arth — personal finance that files bank alerts on-device (in build)

## Live systems (broadcast)
TempleCast (RTMP live broadcast), CrewCue (wireless crew talkback), vMix Helper (show control), Easy Video (Gujarati captions, cleanup, privacy blur), ATEM Tally, Multi Audio Output, Media Desk.

## Business software
Cargoza (container import operations), Proposal engine (sales automation for a design studio), Print ERP, Godown ERP, Care platform (100+ residents, two campuses), Duplicator.

## Working with Jay
- Best fit: founders who want one person accountable for product, brand and growth.
- Two founder slots per quarter. Reply within one working day; scope and price within three.
- Start: https://jaybutani.com/#start

## Writing (long-form, first person, newest first)
- Apple Is Tightening Full Disk Access on the Mac Because of AI Agents. What It Means If You Run One — https://jaybutani.com/blog/macos-full-disk-access-ai-agents-apple
- SEO in 2026 When Google Answers the Question Itself: How a Small Site Still Gets Found — https://jaybutani.com/blog/seo-2026-small-site-traffic-google-ai-mode
- Why I Built jaybutani.com: Personal Branding for a One-Person Software Shop in India — https://jaybutani.com/blog/why-i-built-jaybutani-com-personal-brand-one-person-shop
- I'm at GITEX Global 2026 in Dubai This December. Let's Meet. — https://jaybutani.com/blog/gitex-global-2026-dubai-lets-meet
- Meta Blocked Apple Intelligence in WhatsApp and Instagram. iOS 27 Puts It on the Keyboard. Does That Beat the Block? — https://jaybutani.com/blog/whatsapp-instagram-apple-intelligence-writing-tools-ios-27
- Claude Code, Codex and Cursor Limits in September 2026: What Changed and Which Limit Actually Bites — https://jaybutani.com/blog/ai-coding-tool-limits-september-2026
- iPhone Duo India Price and Everything Apple Announced — https://jaybutani.com/blog/iphone-duo-india-price-what-apple-announced
- iPhone Duo and iOS 27: A Developer's Read on Apple's Event — https://jaybutani.com/blog/iphone-duo-ios-27-developer-notes
- How I made my first $100,000 on the App Store from a bedroom in Surat — https://jaybutani.com/blog/first-100k-on-the-app-store-from-surat
- App Store screenshots that sell: what rebuilding ten store pages taught me — https://jaybutani.com/blog/app-store-screenshots-that-sell
- Broadcasting a 27-hour Guinness World Record: the run sheet, the failures, and the footage that counted — https://jaybutani.com/blog/broadcasting-a-27-hour-guinness-world-record
- Rebuilding a 17-year-old family print business online: what changed, what didn't, and what the ads account cost us — https://jaybutani.com/blog/rebuilding-a-17-year-old-print-business-online
- Why one person should own product, brand and growth, and what it costs when three people do — https://jaybutani.com/blog/one-person-should-own-product-brand-and-growth